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Paul Gosar

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Paul Anthony Gosar is an American politician and dentist serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Gosar has been involved in various legislative efforts and has taken positions on issues such as wildlife management and economic policies affecting rural communities. He has been a vocal advocate for his constituents, often addressing concerns related to agriculture and land use in Arizona. Gosar has also been known for his controversial statements and positions on various national issues.

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Jul 17, 2018

Although I am a big fan of the Inspector General's Office, the current budget is funded at the budget request, and therefore I do not see us raising $2.5 million by raiding the Secretary of the Interior's operating account. I think it goes…

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Jul 17, 2018

What we want are sensible regulations.

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Jul 16, 2018

Not recognizing this reality is diplomatic malpractice.

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Jul 16, 2018

Would any responsible American statesman ever choose to place Iranian soldiers on the Golan Heights so that they could peer down through their rifle scopes at Jewish civilians below?

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Jul 16, 2018

The risk of returning the Golan Heights to Syria is not simply a function of the current geopolitical alignment of the Assad regime.

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Jul 16, 2018

The American interest, the interest of peace and security more generally, militates in favor of it remaining in Israeli hands.

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Jul 10, 2018

Yes, we should stop giving them money. But you can't do that until you designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.

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Jun 25, 2018

So what we did is we sued on behalf of a group--and they were named earlier on.

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Jun 25, 2018

Isn't a lot of the underfunding fire borrowing, because you've seen its advent since you've been in the Forest Service, these huge catastrophic fires?

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Jun 25, 2018

You either manage it or it manages you.

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Jun 25, 2018

What you're doing is you're locking people out of their livelihood. And what's going to happen, we're going to have a gunfight; someone's going to get killed; and it's your problem.

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Jun 18, 2018

I was acknowledging that the other side has been ranting and raving about issues that are not pertinent to today's hearing.

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Jun 18, 2018

So is Strzok's edit advice to Comey not a clear example of where Strzok's bias is not publicly sound?

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Jun 18, 2018

And the reason I say that is, when I asked the question last Thursday as to who looked at that server, I was told that it was an individual from the FBI.

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Jun 18, 2018

So why wouldn't you ask any and all sources, like the DNI, the military, CIA, special ops, any remote centers, if they had hacked into the server during this time?

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Jun 18, 2018

I'd love to know exactly who that is and who they were, because my understanding is that there's something peculiar in that regards.

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Jun 13, 2018

I want to thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the Members for their questions.

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Jun 13, 2018

I think that we do need to keep in mind that these are Federal resources.

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Jun 13, 2018

Shouldn't New Yorkers be allowed to decide whether they want to imperil their coastline with oil exploration or if they want to develop sustainable renewable energy resources?

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Jun 13, 2018

The challenge we have here is to face, to balance competing interests, serious economic interests that benefit different communities in different ways, and this legislation clearly creates a presumption in favor of oil and gas drilling at…

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Jun 13, 2018

They can actually say: we want a moratorium, and here is what we are willing to pay for it.

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Jun 13, 2018

It is very important in making public policy to base it on information and not on the lack of information.

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Jun 13, 2018

What seems to be lost in these initiatives, however, is an acknowledgement that such attempts to strand Federal assets come at the expense of the American taxpayer.

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Jun 13, 2018

While states are highly involved in the offshore lease planning process, they do not have a 'veto' power over lease sales.

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Jun 13, 2018

Where I am getting to is diversified portfolios. They all perform very, very well.

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